Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would become the latest blue-chip firm to jockey for position in Japan’s taxi and ride-hailing market, with plans for a joint venture to develop an artificial intelligence-based hailing system.

Uber Technologies Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said Tuesday he can see commercialisation of the Uber Air flying taxi service happening within five to 10 years. The US ride-hailing app maker has said it expects flying vehicles to eventually become an affordable method of mass transportation.

As its investment in Flipkart nears fruition, Walmart is not only looking at the deal as a way to take on its arch nemesis Amazon in India, but is also fulfilling its dream of playing in the vast and untapped offline retail sector in the country.

SoftBank Group Corp. is working with Nomura Holdings Inc. as it makes early preparations for an initial public offering of its domestic telecom business that could raise more than 2 trillion yen ($19 billion), said people with knowledge of the matter.

If you want to understand the priorities of a technology company, first look at the seating chart. At Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters, the chief executive, Sundar Pichai, now shares a floor with Google Brain, a research lab dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI).

Indian professionals have stepped up their fight against what they characterise as hostile immigration policies of the UK government and joined forces with migrants from other countries for a major protest outside the UK Parliament here this week.

Adobe Systems CEO Shantanu Narayen has asserted that the subscription-based businesses will be successful in the age of Big Data as they always keep in mind customer expectations and are constantly working to retain them.